Patents by Inventor Etsuji Sato

Etsuji Sato has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8659514
    Abstract: LED drivers specially directed to LED matrix driver's ghost image prevention is disclosed. The LED driver receives an external input and decodes the input to produce a time multiplex timing on turning on an LED array. The LED driver inserts a dead time to the outputs and during this time the ghost image prevention circuit discharges the output stray capacitances to a predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Panasonic Semiconductor Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuji Sato, Atsushi Kitagawa, Yoshihito Kawakami, Chun Kiong Leslie Khoo, Ulysses Ramos Lopez, Narciso Repollo Semira, Jiong Fu
  • Patent number: 8558463
    Abstract: An apparatus to detect faulty connection of LED (open/short conditions) which may affect the function of LED display panel is presented. The apparatus basically controls the switches through control algorithm circuit to get the information of LED driver output pins voltage and compare them with two reference voltages to determine the open/short condition of individual LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Panasonic Semiconductor Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuji Sato, Chun Kiong Leslie Khoo, Jiong Fu, Maung Zabu Ko, Shuang Zhang, Muhammad S/O Abuturab
  • Publication number: 20120176062
    Abstract: LED drivers specially directed to LED matrix driver's ghost image prevention is disclosed. The LED driver receives an external input and decodes the input to produce a time multiplex timing on turning on an LED array. The LED driver inserts a dead time to the outputs and during this time the ghost image prevention circuit discharges the output stray capacitances to a predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicants: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR ASIA PTE., LTD., PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Etsuji SATO, Atsushi KITAGAWA, Yoshihito KAWAKAMI, Chun Kiong Leslie KHOO, Ulysses Ramos LOPEZ, Narciso Repollo SEMIRA, Jiong FU
  • Publication number: 20120176039
    Abstract: An apparatus to detect faulty connection of LED (open/short conditions) which may affect the function of LED display panel is presented. The apparatus basically controls the switches through control algorithm circuit to get the information of LED driver output pins voltage and compare them with two reference voltages to determine the open/short condition of individual LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicants: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR ASIA PTE., LTD., PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Etsuji SATO, Chun Kiong Leslie KHOO, Jiong FU, Maung Zabu KO, Shuang ZHANG, Muhammad S/O ABUTURAB
  • Patent number: 5435892
    Abstract: A distillation process is used to separate methanol from a mixture of methanol with methyl acrylate or methyl methacrylate, as well as from a mixture of methanol and water with methyl acrylate or methyl methacrylate with the use of an azeotropic solvent, which forms an azeotropic mixture with methanol. In distilling such a mixture by the use of a distillation column:(1) part of the condensate of vapors distilled over from the top of the distillation column top is returned to the top of the column;(2) the remaining condensate is separated into two layers;(3) the upper layer essentially composed of an azeotropic solvent from the two separated layers is fed to an intermediate portion of the distillation column;(4) the lower layer essentially composed of methanol from the above two separated layers is withdrawn from the distillation system; and(5) methyl acrylate or methyl methacrylate, or else, methyl acrylate or methyl methacrylate and water, are recovered from the bottom of the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., Osaka Organic Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Miyazaki, Yasutaka Nakashima, Toshihiro Satoh, Tadao Ida, Etsuji Sato, Akio Tani
  • Patent number: 5137573
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising a colloidal silica, an organohydroxysilane, a partial condensate of the organohydroxysilane and a liquid medium containing ethylene glycol monobutyl ether in an amount of at least 20% by weight, which is applied to a substrate, shows excellent properties such as storage stability, workability for coating or painting, heat resistance, surface hardness, chemical resistance, abrasion resistance, scratch resistance, stain resistance and weather resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Osaka Yuki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuo Daimon, Takashi Ban, Etsuji Sato, Yuji Ichihara, Suezo Enomoto